Movers and Shakers
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- Ten practical solutions to prevent future pandemics emerging from animal sources - UN reportRead
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 6 July 2020
- High-level event seeks sustained support for Afghans, refugee-hosting countriesRead
UNHCR – 6 July 2020
- ReadDigital Watch newsletter – Issue 51 – June 2020
- UNITAID Aims To Reach 4.5 Million Covid-19 Patients In Low-Income Countries With Life-Saving Dexamethasone; Virus Transmission To Animals Is A Rising ConcernRead
Health Policy Watch – 3 July 2020
- New private sector commitments to fund access to future COVID-19 vaccines announced at international pledging summitRead
Gavi – 3 July 2020
- Coronavirus : l’actrice Yalitza Aparicio appelle à protéger les travailleurs domestiquesRead
ONU Info – 5 juillet 2020
- Conquering deforestation with a pocket knifeRead
With Tony Rinaudo, climate action advisor, World Vision Australia
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 3 July 2020
- ‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief’s message to major sustainability forumRead
UN News – 5 July 2020
- The UN is mobilising for the next quarter-centuryRead
The Economist – 18 June 2020 (subscription required)
- What’s on this week?Read
23rd International AIDS Conference and Virtual COVID-19 Conference; 78th meeting of the Standing Committee at UNHCR; Sixty-seventh Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention at UNECE; Protecting the environment in situations of armed conflict at the Geneva Academy; Reboot Youth Health and Wellbeing Digital Awards at WHO; Sustainable and just economies - Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Crisis and enabling factors for the SDGs at UNRISD; and more… Check out the calendar
- Global scientific community unites to track progress on COVID-19 R&D, identifies new research priorities and critical gapsRead
WHO – 2 July 2020
- Q&A: Want to know about COVID-19 in Haiti? Ask a nurseRead
Interview of Claudia Thomas Riché, executive director of Nursing Education Collaborative for Haiti
The New Humanitarian – 29 June 2020 - Interview, Dr Tim WellsRead
“Dr Tim Wells is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a leading product development partnership in antimalarial drug research”
EDCTP eMagazine – June 2020